298 U. 8. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
Sp. Cu.—Male.—Prevailing color, black. A central line on the breast, the abdomen and under tail coverts white ; some 
feathers in the latter strongly tinged with dark brown. Bases of all the quills, except the inner and outer, and basal half of alj 
the tail feathers, except the middle one, a patch on each side of the breast,and the axillary region orange red, of a vermilion 
shade on the breast. Female with the black replaced by olive green above, by brownish white beneath ; the head tinged with 
ash ; a grayish white lore and ring round the eye. The red of the male replaced by yellow. Lc agth, 5.25; wing, 2.50; 
tail, 2.45. 
Hab.—Kastern United States to the Missouri plain ; West Indies in winter. Fort Laramie, Dr. Cooper. 
The second, third, and fourth quills are longest, considerably exceeding the first, which is 
intermediate between the fourth and fifth. The tail feathers are broad, and widening towards 
the tip ; considerably graduated laterally. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. Sex and Locality. When Whence obtained. | Collected by—| Length. | Stretch | Wing. Remarks. 
No. age. collected. of wings. 
og4i|() (Gy . || CarlislesPa’s,..ss0esseseess May 18, 1843 
1002 (Oy | eancen Oss sss -+»| May 20, 1843 
2281 OW |ecsiee GOcanestincnccticosesincs May 17, 1845 
71575 Q Washington, D.C. e.-| May 1, 1845 
10114 | OG Jewoees dO ssevccieses tne vccisccs|socceccvccieries J.C. MeGuire.... 
5826? |eeceeeee| Cleveland, Ohi0..... ccceee May —, 1852 | Dr. Kirtland...... 
Q TinOiseewcalnajeee nias|| cies cele sepers R. Kennicott..... 
6986 3 St Leouis MO. swessjsieecisnc May 12, 1857 | Lieut. Bryan..... 
4306 Q Calcasieu Pass, La. ....es0+| 1854.....000- G. Wurdemann,. 
6510 Q Key Biscayne, Pla... April 10.. ...Jeceees do 
6511 Q Indian Key, Fla... 
6508 Q May 12......]eseees GO savevceee: 
6509 Q May 13......] +06 oeedOrcceee cers 
8653 |....0. 2) Cape PIOTIda. ... sce cccccocclscceeeceescces eveeedO oe. Black legs and Dill. ......0e 
8651 Sept. 27,1857 |oveeeedOevecssreees o. secececcfeseseess| Bill light brown, feet black- 
ish. 
8654 |. cc cece] cvcces Ovesecececee soevvcee| SEPts 27, 1857 |erceeedQ rece vccces|sosecvceccees 5.25 6.25 2.50 | Bill light brown, feet black- 
ish. 
6507 rea Tortugas, Fla........-. eose| April 27.6....Jeeeeee dO ccsesecnes 
4691 3 Nebraska cocccececcvescleee) |euncseiccccicces Lieut. Warren,... 
4687 |,.......| Upper Missouri.......seecee- May 13;.....|sccecs dO seleceisees 
AG8B |... .0ee Mouth of Big Sioux..... eeelcccccecccescce|cocene Gh oRacaodas 
8843 | J UPPer/MISSOULI secccaciececes|seucevicvsecccs|sseucs dOseratecess 
4690 | coecccce|ccecoe GOvccee Djaccecsccccccce May 12......|ccccee Oscsece eees 
5271 |.. eseee| Medicine creek. ....sesceees coctecee edece|coccce dOsececccees 
4689 |........| Mouth of Platte river....... April 266. ....}eeeees dO recccceve 
5877 |.eeeeese| Fort Riley, K. T.. 000 eeccce|ssccseeeececee| Hammond & De 
Vesey. 
1863 3 Trinidad. ...ccsccccccccceve|sccccccseccoes| Se Ms Baird. cceee [vvceccsccccces|cccccces|eccceves|occee ceclecccccce peensccccce eeeecece . 
SETOPHAGA PICTA, Swainson. 
Setophaga picta, Swainson, Zool. Ill. 2d Series, I, 1829 ; pl. iii—Is. Anim. in Menag. 1838, 293.—Bonap. Consp. 
1850, 312. 
Muscicapa leucomus, Giraup, Texas Birds, 1841 ; pl. vi. f. 1. 
Sp. Cx.—Male.—Above, with the head and neck all round, and sides of the breast, black; rest of under parts dark crimson red. 
The under tail and wing coverts, the outer two, and most of the third tail feathers, and a broad patch on the wing, white. 
Length, 5.25; wing, 2.50 ; tail, 2.60. 
Hab.—Northern Mexico. 
The specimen before me of this beautiful species is not sufficiently perfect to admit of a satis- 
factory description. The form appears to be much like that of S. miniata. 
